49th United States Congress

United States Capitol

The Forty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1887, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1880. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Dates of Sessions

March 4, 1885â€"March 3, 1887
*Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1885 â€" April 2, 1885
*First session: December 7, 1885 - August 5, 1886
*Second session: December 6, 1886 - March 3, 1887 â€" a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: 48th Congress
Next congress: 50th Congress

Major events

Main article: Events of 1885; Events of 1886; Events of 1887

Major legislation

:''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the Forty-ninth Congress

Party summary

Senate

*Republicans: 42
*Democrats: 39TOTAL members: 76

House of Representatives

*Democrats: 182
*Republicans: 141
*Independent Democratic: 1
*National Party: 1 TOTAL members: 325, delegates: 8

Leadership

Senate

* Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
** Thomas A. Hendricks, Democratic of Indiana, died November 25, 1885, remained vacant.
*President Pro Tempore:
** John Sherman, Republican of Ohio, elected December 7, 1885, resigned February 26, 1887.
** John J. Ingalls, Republican of Kansas, elected February 26, 1887.

House of Representatives

* Speaker:
** John G. Carlisle, Democratic of Kentucky, reelected December 7, 1885.

Party Leadership

Senate

* Democratic Caucus Chairman:
** James B. Beck, Democratic of Kentucky
* Republican Conference Chairman:
** George F. Edmunds, Republican of Vermont

House of Representatives

*Democratic Caucus Chairman:
** J. Randolph Tucker, Democrat of Virginia.
*Republican Conference Chairman:
** Joseph G. Cannon, Republican of Illinois.

Members

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Nearly all of the members of the House of Representatives were elected to single member districts, by popular vote.See also: Forty-ninth United States Congress - State Delegations See also: Forty-ninth United States Congress - Political Parties See also: United States House election, 1884

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.

Senate

:Alabama
* John T. Morgan (1824-1907), Democratic
* James L. Pugh (1820-1907), Democratic
:Arkansas
* Augustus H. Garland (1832-1899), Democratic …resigned March 6, 1885.
*: James H. Berry (1841-1913), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 25, 1885.
* James K. Jones (1839-1908), Democratic
:California
* J.F. Miller (1831-1886), Republican …died March 8, 1886.
*: George Hearst (1820-1891), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 9, 1886.
*: Abram P. Williams (1832-1911), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.
* Leland Stanford (1824-1893), Republican
:Colorado
* Thomas M. Bowen (1835-1906), Republican
* Henry M. Teller (1830-1914), Republican
:Connecticut
* Orville H. Platt (1827-1905), Republican
* Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Republican
:Delaware
* Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Democratic …resigned March 6, 1885.
*: George Gray (1840-1925), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 19, 1885.
* Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Democratic
:Florida
* Charles W. Jones (1834-1897), Democratic
* Wilkinson Call (1834-1910), Democratic
:Georgia
* Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894), Democratic
* Alfred H. Colquitt (1824-1894), Democratic
:Illinois
* John A. Logan (1826-1886), Republican …died December 26, 1886.
*: Charles B. Farwell (1823-1903), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 25, 1887.
* Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Republican
:Indiana
* Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic
* Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), Republican
:Iowa
* William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican
* James F. Wilson (1828-1895), Republican
:Kansas
* John J. Ingalls (1833-1900), Republican
* Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891), Republican
:Kentucky
* James B. Beck (1822-1890), Democratic
* Joseph C.S. Blackburn (1838-1918), Democratic
:Louisiana
* Randall L. Gibson (1832-1892), Democratic
* James B. Eustis (1834-1899), Democratic
:Maine
* Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Republican
* William P. Frye (1830-1911), Republican
:Maryland
* Arthur Pue Gorman (1839-1906), Democratic
* Ephraim K. Wilson (1821-1891), Democratic
:Massachusetts
* Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican
* George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Republican
:Michigan
* Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Republican
* Thomas W. Palmer (1830-1913), Republican
:Minnesota
* Samuel J.R. McMillan (1826-1897), Republican
* Dwight M. Sabin (1843-1902), Republican
:Mississippi
* Lucius Q.C. Lamar (1825-1893), Democratic …resigned March 6, 1885.
*: Edward C. Walthall (1831-1898), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated March 12, 1885, subsequently elected.
* James Z. George (1826-1897), Democratic
:Missouri
* Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915), Democratic
* George G. Vest (1830-1904), Democratic
:Nebraska
* Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), Republican
* Charles F. Manderson (1837-1911), Republican
:Nevada
* John P. Jones (1829-1912), Republican
* James G. Fair (1831-1894), Democratic
:New Hampshire
* Austin F. Pike (1819-1886), Republican …died October 8, 1886.
*: Person C. Cheney (1828-1901), Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1886.
* Henry W. Blair (1834-1920), Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1885, subsequently elected.
:New Jersey
* John R. McPherson (1833-1897), Democratic
* William J. Sewell (1835-1901), Republican
:New York
* Warner Miller (1838-1918), Republican
* William M. Evarts (1818-1901), Republican
:North Carolina
* Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), Democratic
* Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894), Democratic
:Ohio
* John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
* Henry B. Payne (1810-1896), Democratic
:Oregon
* Joseph N. Dolph (1835-1897), Republican
* John H. Mitchell (1835-1905), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17, 1885.
:Pennsylvania
* J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918), Republican
* John I. Mitchell (1838-1907), Republican
:Rhode Island
* Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915), Republican
* Jonathan Chace (1829-1917), Republican
:South Carolina
* Matthew C. Butler (1836-1909), Democratic
* Wade Hampton (1818-1902), Democratic
:Tennessee
* Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Democratic
* Howell E. Jackson (1832-1895), Democratic …resigned April 14, 1886.
*: Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 26, 1886, subsequently elected.
:Texas
* Samuel B. Maxey (1825-1895), Democratic
* Richard Coke (1829-1897), Democratic
:Vermont
* George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Republican
* Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican
:Virginia
* William Mahone (1826-1895), Readjuster
* Harrison H. Riddleberger (1844-1890), Readjuster
:West Virginia
* Johnson N. Camden (1828-1908), Democratic
* John E. Kenna (1848-1893), Democratic
:Wisconsin
* Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Republican
* John C. Spooner (1843-1919), Republican

House of Representatives

:Alabama
*1. James T. Jones (1832-1895), Democratic
*2. Hilary A. Herbert (1834-1919), Democratic
*3. William C. Oates (1835-1910), Democratic
*4. Alexander C. Davidson (1826-1897), Democratic
*5. Thomas W. Sadler (1831-1896), Democratic
*6. John M. Martin (1837-1898), Democratic
*7. William H. Forney (1823-1894), Democratic
*8. Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906), Democratic
:Arkansas
*1. Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914), Democratic
*2. C.R. Breckinridge (1846-1932), Democratic
*3. Thomas C. McRae (1851-1929), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 7, 1885.
*4. John H. Rogers (1845-1911), Democratic
*5. Samuel W. Peel (1831-1924), Democratic
:California
*1. Barclay Henley (1843-1914), Democratic
*2. J.A. Louttit (1848-1906), Republican
*3. Joseph McKenna (1843-1926), Republican
*4. W.W. Morrow (1843-1929), Republican
*5. Charles N. Felton (1832-1914), Republican
*6. H.H. Markham (1840-1923), Republican
:Colorado
*A/L. George G. Symes (1840-1893), Republican
:Connecticut
*1. John R. Buck (1835-1917), Republican
*2. Charles L. Mitchell (1844-1890), Democratic
*3. John T. Wait (1811-1899), Republican
*4. Edward W. Seymour (1832-1892), Democratic
:Delaware
*A/L. Charles B. Lore (1831-1911), Democratic
:Florida
*1. Robert H.M. Davidson (1832-1908), Democratic
*2. Charles Dougherty (1850-1915), Democratic
:Georgia
*1. Thomas M. Norwood (1830-1913), Democratic
*2. Henry G. Turner (1839-1904), Democratic
*3. Charles F. Crisp (1845-1896), Democratic
*4. Henry R. Harris (1828-1909), Democratic
*5. N.J. Hammond (1833-1899), Democratic
*6. James H. Blount (1837-1903), Democratic
*7. Judson C. Clements (1846-1917), Democratic
*8. Seaborn Reese (1846-1907), Democratic
*9. Allen D. Candler (1834-1910), Democratic
*10. George T. Barnes (1833-1901), Democratic
:Illinois
*1. Ransom W. Dunham (1838-1896), Republican
*2. Frank Lawler (1842-1896), Democratic
*3. Thomas B. Ward (1835-1892), Democratic
*4. George E. Adams (1840-1917), Republican
*5. Reuben Ellwood (1821-1885), Republican …died July 1, 1885, before Congress assembled.
*: A.J. Hopkins (1846-1922), Republican
*6. Robert R. Hitt (1834-1906), Republican
*7. Thomas J. Henderson (1824-1911), Republican
*8. Ralph Plumb (1816-1903), Republican
*9. Lewis E. Payson (1840-1909), Republican
*10. Nicholas E. Worthington (1836-1916), Democratic
*11. William H. Neece (1831-1909), Democratic
*12. James M. Riggs (1839-1933), Democratic
*13. William M. Springer (1836-1903), Democratic
*14. Jonathan H. Rowell (1833-1908), Republican
*15. John R. Thomas (1846-1914), Republican
*16. Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Republican
*17. Silas Z. Landes (1842-1910), Democratic
*18. John R. Eden (1826-1909), Democratic
*19. William R. Morrison (1824-1909), Democratic
*20. Richard W. Townshend (1840-1889), Democratic
:Indiana
*1. John J. Kleiner (1845-1911), Democratic
*2. Thomas R. Cobb (1828-1892), Democratic
*3. Jonas G. Howard (1825-1911), Democratic
*4. William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
*5. Courtland C. Matson (1841-1915), Democratic
*6. Thomas M. Browne (1829-1891), Republican
*7. William D. Bynum (1846-1927), Democratic
*8. James T. Johnston (1839-1904), Republican
*9. Thomas B. Ward (1853-1916), Democratic
*10. William D. Owen (1846-1906), Republican
*11. George W. Steele (1839-1922), Republican
*12. Robert Lowry (1824-1904), Democratic
*13. George Ford (1846-1917), Democratic
:Iowa
*1. B.J. Hall (1835-1894), Democratic
*2. J.H. Murphy (1835-1893), Democratic
*3. David B. Henderson (1840-1906), Republican
*4. William E. Fuller (1846-1918), Republican
*5. Benjamin T. Frederick (1834-1903), Democratic
*6. J.B. Weaver (1833-1912), Greenbacker
*7. Edwin H. Conger (1843-1907), Republican
*8. William P. Hepburn (1833-1916), Republican
*9. Joseph Lyman (1840-1890), Republican
*10. Adoniram J. Holmes (1842-1902), Republican
*11. Isaac S. Struble (1843-1913), Republican
:Kansas
*1. E.N. Morrill (1834-1909), Republican
*2. E.H. Funston (1836-1911), Republican
*3. Bishop W. Perkins (1841-1894), Republican
*4. Thomas Ryan (1837-1914), Republican
*5. John A. Anderson (1834-1892), Republican
*6. Lewis Hanback (1839-1897), Republican
*7. Samuel R. Peters (1842-1910), Republican
:Kentucky
*1. William J. Stone (1841-1923), Democratic
*2. Polk Laffoon (1844-1906), Democratic
*3. John E. Halsell (1826-1899), Democratic
*4. Thomas A. Robertson (1848-1892), Democratic
*5. Albert S. Willis (1843-1897), Democratic
*6. John G. Carlisle (1834-1910), Democratic
*7. William C.P. Breckinridge (1837-1904), Democratic
*8. James B. McCreary (1838-1918), Democratic
*9. W.H. Wadsworth (1821-1893), Republican
*10. W.P. Taulbee (1851-1890), Democratic
*11. Frank L. Wolford (1817-1895), Democratic
:Louisiana
*1. Louis St. Martin (1820-1893), Democratic
*2. Michael Hahn (1830-1886), Republican …died March 15, 1886.
*: Nathaniel D. Wallace (1845-1894), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 9, 1886.
*3. Edward J. Gay (1816-1889), Democratic
*4. Newton C. Blanchard (1849-1922), Democratic
*5. J. Floyd King (1842-1915), Democratic
*6. Alfred B. Irion (1833-1903), Democratic
:Maine
*1. Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902), Republican
*2. Nelson Dingley, Jr. (1832-1899), Republican
*3. Seth L. Milliken (1831-1897), Republican
*4. Charles A. Boutelle (1839-1901), Republican
:Maryland
*1. Charles H. Gibson (1842-1900), Democratic
*2. Frank T. Shaw (1841-1923), Democratic
*3. William H. Cole (1837-1886), Democratic …died July 8, 1886.
*: Harry W. Rusk (1852-1926), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.
*4. John V. Findlay (1839-1907), Democratic
*5. Barnes Compton (1830-1898), Democratic
*6. Louis E. McComas (1846-1907), Republican
:Massachusetts
*1. Robert T. Davis (1823-1906), Republican
*2. John D. Long (1838-1915), Republican
*3. Ambrose A. Ranney (1821-1899), Republican
*4. Patrick A. Collins (1844-1905), Democratic
*5. Edward D. Hayden (1833-1908), Republican
*6. Henry B. Lovering (1841-1911), Democratic
*7. Eben F. Stone (1822-1895), Republican
*8. Charles H. Allen (1848-1934), Republican
*9. Frederick D. Ely (1838-1921), Republican
*10. William W. Rice (1826-1896), Republican
*11. William Whiting (1841-1911), Republican
*12. Francis W. Rockwell (1844-1929), Republican
:Michigan
*1. William C. Maybury (1848-1909), Democratic
*2. Nathaniel B. Eldredge (1813-1893), Democratic
*3. James O'Donnell (1840-1915), Republican
*4. Julius C. Burrows (1837-1915), Republican
*5. Charles C. Comstock (1818-1900), Democratic
*6. Edwin B. Winans (1826-1894), Democratic
*7. Ezra C. Carleton (1838-1911), Democratic
*8. Timothy E. Tarsney (1849-1909), Democratic
*9. Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908), Republican
*10. Spencer O. Fisher (1843-1919), Democratic
*11. Seth C. Moffatt (1841-1887), Republican
:Minnesota
*1. Milo White (1830-1913), Republican
*2. J.B. Wakefield (1825-1910), Republican
*3. H.B. Strait (1835-1894), Republican
*4. John B. Gilfillan (1835-1924), Republican
*5. Knute Nelson (1843-1923), Republican
:Mississippi
*1. John M. Allen (1846-1917), Democratic
*2. J.B. Morgan (1833-1892), Democratic
*3. T.C. Catchings (1847-1927), Democratic
*4. F.G. Barry (1845-1909), Democratic
*5. O.R. Singleton (1814-1889), Democratic
*6. H.S. Van Eaton (1826-1898), Democratic
*7. Ethelbert Barksdale (1824-1893), Democratic
:Missouri
*1. William H. Hatch (1833-1896), Democratic
*2. John B. Hale (1831-1905), Democratic
*3. Alexander M. Dockery (1845-1926), Democratic
*4. James N. Burnes (1827-1889), Democratic
*5. William Warner (1840-1916), Republican
*6. John T. Heard (1840-1927), Democratic
*7. John E. Hutton (1828-1893), Democratic
*8. John J. O'Neill (1846-1898), Democratic
*9. John M. Glover (1852-1929), Democratic
*10. Martin L. Clardy (1844-1914), Democratic
*11. Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), Democratic
*12. William J. Stone (1848-1918), Democratic
*13. William H. Wade (1835-1911), Republican
*14. William Dawson (1848-1929), Democratic
:Nebraska
*1. Archibald J. Weaver (1843-1887), Republican
*2. James Laird (1849-1889), Republican
*3. George W.E. Dorsey (1842-1911), Republican
:Nevada
*A/L. William Woodburn (1838-1915), Republican
:New Hampshire
*1. Martin A. Haynes (1842-1919), Republican
*2. Jacob H. Gallinger (1837-1918), Republican
:New Jersey
*1. George Hires (1835-1911), Republican
*2. James Buchanan (1839-1900), Republican
*3. Robert S. Green (1831-1895), Democratic …resigned January 17, 1887.
*4. James N. Pidcock (1836-1899), Democratic
*5. William W. Phelps (1839-1894), Republican
*6. Herman Lehlbach (1845-1904), Republican
*7. William McAdoo (1853-1930), Democratic
:New York
*1. Perry Belmont (1851-1947), Democratic
*2. Felix Campbell (1829-1902), Democratic
*3. Darwin R. James (1834-1908), Republican
*4. Peter P. Mahoney (1848-1889), Democratic
*5. Archibald M. Bliss (1838-1923), Democratic
*6. Nicholas Muller (1836-1917), Democratic
*7. John J. Adams (1848-1919), Democratic
*8. Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic …resigned May 20, 1885.
*: Timothy J. Campbell (1840-1904), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1885.
*9. Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), Democratic …resigned April 10, 1886.
*: Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.
*10. Abram S. Hewitt (1822-1903), Democratic …resigned December 30, 1886.
*11. Truman A. Merriman (1839-1892), Democratic
*12. Abraham Dowdney (1841-1886), Democratic …died December 10, 1886, seat remained vacant.
*13. Egbert L. Viele (1825-1902), Democratic
*14. William G. Stahlnecker (1849-1902), Democratic
*15. Lewis Beach (1835-1886), Democratic …died August 10, 1886.
*: Henry Bacon (1846-1915), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.
*16. John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), Republican
*17. James G. Lindsley (1819-1898), Republican
*18. Henry G. Burleigh (1832-1900), Republican
*19. John Swinburne (1820-1889), Republican
*20. George West (1823-1901), Republican
*21. Frederick A. Johnson (1833-1893), Republican
*22. Abraham X. Parker (1831-1909), Republican
*23. J. Thomas Spriggs (1825-1888), Democratic
*24. John S. Pindar (1835-1907), Democratic
*25. Frank Hiscock (1834-1914), Republican
*26. Stephen C. Millard (1841-1914), Republican
*27. Sereno E. Payne (1843-1914), Republican
*28. John Arnot, Jr. (1831-1886), Democratic …died November 20, 1886, seat remained vacant.
*29. Ira Davenport (1841-1904), Republican
*30. Charles S. Baker (1839-1902), Republican
*31. John G. Sawyer (1825-1898), Republican
*32. John M. Farquhar (1832-1918), Republican
*33. John B. Weber (1842-1926), Republican
*34. Walter L. Sessions (1820-1896), Republican
:North Carolina
*1. Thomas G. Skinner (1842-1907), Democratic
*2. James E. O'Hara (1844-1905), Republican
*3. Wharton J. Green (1831-1910), Democratic
*4. William R. Cox (1831-1919), Democratic
*5. James W. Reid (1849-1902), Democratic …resigned December 31, 1886.
*6. Risden T. Bennett (1840-1913), Democratic
*7. John S. Henderson (1846-1916), Democratic
*8. William H.H. Cowles (1840-1901), Democratic
*9. Thomas D. Johnston (1840-1902), Democratic
:Ohio
*1. Benjamin Butterworth (1837-1898), Republican
*2. Charles E. Brown (1834-1904), Republican
*3. James E. Campbell (1843-1924), Democratic
*4. Charles M. Anderson (1845-1908), Democratic
*5. Benjamin Le Fevre (1838-1922), Democratic
*6. William D. Hill (1833-1906), Democratic
*7. George E. Seney (1832-1905), Democratic
*8. John Little (1837-1900), Republican
*9. William C. Cooper (1832-1902), Republican
*10. Jacob Romeis (1835-1904), Republican
*11. W.W. Ellsberry (1833-1894), Democratic
*12. Albert C. Thompson (1842-1910), Republican
*13. Joseph H. Outhwaite (1841-1907), Democratic
*14. Charles H. Grosvenor (1833-1917), Republican
*15. Beriah Wilkins (1846-1905), Democratic
*16. George W. Geddes (1824-1892), Democratic
*17. A.J. Warner (1834-1910), Democratic
*18. Isaac H. Taylor (1840-1936), Republican
*19. Ezra B. Taylor (1823-1912), Republican
*20. William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901), Republican
*21. Martin A. Foran (1844-1921), Democratic
:Oregon
*A/L. Binger Hermann (1843-1926), Republican
:Pennsylvania
*1. Henry H. Bingham (1841-1912), Republican
*2. Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Republican
*3. Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Democratic
*4. William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican
*5. Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Republican
*6. James B. Everhart (1821-1888), Republican
*7. I. Newton Evans (1827-1901), Republican
*8. Daniel Ermentrout (1837-1899), Democratic
*9. John A. Hiestand (1824-1890), Republican
*10. William H. Sowden (1840-1907), Democratic
*11. John B. Storm (1838-1901), Democratic
*12. Joseph A. Scranton (1838-1908), Republican
*13. Charles N. Brumm (1838-1917), Republican
*14. Franklin Bound (1829-1910), Republican
*15. Frank C. Bunnell (1842-1911), Republican
*16. William W. Brown (1836-1926), Republican
*17. Jacob M. Campbell (1821-1888), Republican
*18. Louis E. Atkinson (1841-1910), Republican
*19. John A. Swope (1827-1910), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 7, 1885.
*20. Andrew G. Curtin (1817-1894), Democratic
*21. Charles E. Boyle (1836-1888), Democratic
*22. James S. Negley (1826-1901), Republican
*23. Thomas M. Bayne (1836-1894), Republican
*24. Oscar L. Jackson (1840-1920), Republican
*25. Alexander C. White (1833-1906), Republican
*26. George W. Fleeger (1839-1894), Republican
*28. William L. Scott (1828-1891), Democratic
*A/L. Edwin S. Osborne (1839-1900), Republican
:Rhode Island
*1. Henry J. Spooner (1839-1918), Republican
*2. William A. Pirce (1824-1891), Republican …contested election, served until January 25, 1887.
*: Charles H. Page (1843-1912), Democratic …contested election, seated February 25, 1887.
:South Carolina
*1. Samuel Dibble (1837-1913), Democratic
*2. George D. Tillman (1826-1902), Democratic
*3. D. Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887), Democratic
*4. William H. Perry (1839-1902), Democratic
*5. John J. Hemphill (1849-1912), Democratic
*6. George W. Dargan (1841-1898), Democratic
*7. Robert Smalls (1839-1915), Republican
:Tennessee
*1. A.H. Pettibone (1835-1918), Republican
*2. L.C. Houk (1836-1891), Republican
*3. John R. Neal (1836-1889), Democratic
*4. Benton McMillin (1845-1933), Democratic
*5. James D. Richardson (1843-1914), Democratic
*6. A.J. Caldwell (1837-1906), Democratic
*7. J.G. Ballentine (1825-1915), Democratic
*8. John M. Taylor (1838-1911), Democratic
*9. P.T. Glass (1824-1902), Democratic
*10. Zachary Taylor (1849-1921), Republican
:Texas
*1. Charles Stewart (1836-1895), Democratic
*2. J.H. Reagan (1818-1905), Democratic
*3. J.H. Jones (1830-1904), Democratic
*4. D.B. Culberson (1830-1900), Democratic
*5. J.W. Throckmorton (1825-1894), Democratic
*6. Olin Wellborn (1843-1921), Democratic
*7. W.H. Crain (1848-1896), Democratic
*8. James F. Miller (1830-1902), Democratic
*9. R.Q. Mills (1832-1911), Democratic
*10. J.D. Sayers (1841-1929), Democratic
*11. S.W.T. Lanham (1846-1908), Democratic
:Vermont
*1. John W. Stewart (1825-1915), Republican
*2. William W. Grout (1836-1902), Republican
:Virginia
*1. Thomas Croxton (1822-1903), Democratic
*2. Harry Libbey (1843-1913), Readjuster
*3. George D. Wise (1831-1898), Democratic
*4. James D. Brady (1843-1900), Republican
*5. George C. Cabell (1836-1906), Democratic
*6. John W. Daniel (1842-1910), Democratic
*7. Charles T. O'Ferrall (1840-1905), Democratic
*8. John S. Barbour, Jr. (1820-1892), Democratic
*9. C.F. Trigg (1847-1907), Democratic
*10. J. Randolph Tucker (1823-1897), Democratic
:West Virginia
*1. Nathan Goff (1843-1920), Republican
*2. William L. Wilson (1843-1900), Democratic
*3. Charles P. Snyder (1847-1915), Democratic
*4. Eustace Gibson (1842-1900), Democratic
:Wisconsin
*1. Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919), Republican
*2. Edward S. Bragg (1827-1912), Democratic
*3. Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), Republican
*4. Isaac W. Van Schaick (1817-1901), Republican
*5. Joseph Rankin (1833-1886), Democratic …died January 24, 1886.
*5. Thomas R. Hudd (1835-1896), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 8, 1886.
*6. Richard W. Guenther (1845-1913), Republican
*7. Ormsby B. Thomas (1832-1904), Republican
*8. William T. Price (1824-1886), Republican …died December 6, 1886.
*8. Hugh H. Price (1859-1904), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 2, 1887.
*9. Isaac Stephenson (1829-1918), Republican

Delegates

:Arizona Territory
* Curtis C. Bean (1828-1904), Republican
:Dakota Territory
* Oscar S. Gifford (1842-1913), Republican
:Idaho Territory
* John Hailey (1835-1921), Democratic
:Montana Territory
* Joseph K. Toole (1851-1929), Democratic
:New Mexico Territory
* Antonio Joseph (1846-1910), Democratic
:Utah Territory
* John T. Caine (1829-1911), Democratic
:Washington Territory
* Charles S. Voorhees (1853-1909), Democratic
:Wyoming Territory
* Joseph M. Carey (1845-1924), Republican

Membership Changes

Senate

House of Representatives

Officers

Senate

*Secretary of the Senate:
**Anson G. McCook of New York, elected December 18, 1883.
*Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
**William P. Canady of North Carolina, elected December 18, 1883.
*Chaplain of the Senate
**The Rev. Elia D. Huntley, Methodist, elected December 18, 1883.
**The Rev. John G. Butler, Lutheran, elected March 15, 1886.

House of Representatives

*Clerk of the House:
**John B. Clark, Jr. of Missouri, elected December 7, 1885.
*Sergeant at Arms of the House:
**John P. Leedom of Ohio, elected December 7, 1885.
*Doorkeeper of the House:
**Samuel Donelson of Tennessee, elected December 7, 1885.
*Postmaster of the House:
**Lycurgus Dalton of Indiana, elected December 7, 1885.
*Clerk at the Speaker's Table:
**Nathaniel T. Crutchfield
*Chaplain of the House
**The Rev. William H. Milburn, Methodist, elected December 7, 1885.

Other

*Architect of the Capitol:
**Edward Clark, appointed August 30, 1865.

References